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Mire Lee — Untitled #5 (framed flat skin pieces from Open Wound)
Mire Lee

Untitled #5 (framed flat skin pieces from Open Wound)

2025

This framed work presents a dark, heavily textured surface in deep browns and blacks, with irregular white apertures cut or worn through the composition. Pigmented methyl cellulose applied to construction mesh creates a tactile, deteriorated appearance suggestive of organic decay or exposed layers. The work operates at the intersection of abstraction and bodily reference, engaging with material fragility and absence as formal concerns. Lee's practice interrogates the boundary between surface and void, treating the frame not as a protective boundary but as a container for material rupture and revelation.

Medium
Pigmented methyl cellulose on construction mesh, steel
Overall

Notes

Tina Kim Gallery, Frieze New York 2026, Booth A9, The Shed, May 13–17, 2026. Inquiries: info@tinakimgallery.com.

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Mire Lee, Untitled #5 (framed flat skin pieces from Open Wound), 2025

This framed work presents a dark, heavily textured surface in deep browns and blacks, with irregular white apertures cut or worn through the composition. Pigmented methyl cellulose applied to construction mesh creates a tactile, deteriorated appearance suggestive of organic decay or exposed layers. The work operates at the intersection of abstraction and bodily reference, engaging with material fragility and absence as formal concerns. Lee's practice interrogates the boundary between surface and void, treating the frame not as a protective boundary but as a container for material rupture and revelation.

Medium
Pigmented methyl cellulose on construction mesh, steel
Dimensions
overall: 76 x 53 cm
Year
2025
Seen at
Tina Kim Gallery, New York, NY

Related themes

Decay Aesthetic, Dark Palette, Museum Quality, Experimental Process, South Korean Artist, Installation Adjacent, Fiber Based, Mixed Media, Fragility Theme, Abstract Materiality, Material Investigation, Body Reference, Contemporary Art, Monochromatic, Organic Forms, Textured Surface, Framed Work, Conceptual Abstraction, Twenty First Century, Absence and Presence

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